Run with Rich 2024
Registration is now open Run with Rich 2023!
Run with Rich 2023’ is a friendly and inclusive fun event for everyone. By taking part you will support our work with disabled people enabling them to achieve a life without limits.
New Project Manager starts
Paul Brackley (Project Manager) joins the team as an experienced community and disability sports professional. He is passionate about using sport to support and improve communities and seeing disability sport develop and flourish. He has built up an in-depth knowledge of the sports industry and particularly disability sport initiatives, having been involved as a player, volunteer, coach, mentor, and development manager for over 22 years. He joins having successfully developed and managed one of the largest disability football programmes nationally and is keen to use those experiences to help grow our projects.
We are excited that Paul can join the team at this exciting time of delivering new projects, and developing exciting new opportunities. Paul can be contacted via paul.whitehead@whitehead.foundation.
Save the Date - Run with Rich
Pop it in your diary! Get Ready
Run with Rich is coming back to Nottinghamshire’s Holme Pierrepont Country Park
Sunday 18th June 2023
It is going to be fun, it is for everyone!
Would you benefit from mentoring support?
The Foundation is looking to support a group of disabled mentees to get more active and access the live changing power of sport. If you think that you would benefit from our new mentoring support programme, please click through to read more.
Would you like to be a Foundation Mentor?
With support from Active Nottinghamshire the Foundation is looking to recruit a passionate team of mentors to support disabled people believe and achieve their ambitions through sport.
Foundation Looking for New Trustees
We are looking for new Trustees to support the ambitions of the Foundation moving forward. If you have the passion and drive to help us develop, then please put in an application!
Setting the Direction for an Exciting Future
The Foundations’ Project Manager - Rebecca Gibson - talks about our learnings so far and our goals for supporting disabled peoples’ ambitions moving forward.
Foundation Partnering with Mason Mile
The Foundation is excited to announce that we will be partnering with The Mason Mile, who will be supporting the Run with Rich event in June 2022.
Meet our Young Persons Trustee - David Howells
David Howells is the Young Persons Trustee on the Foundations’ Board. As a visually impaired cricketer with England, he is passionate about supporting more young disabled people to be active and fulfil their sporting ambitions.
Run with Rich - Your Way
“Run with Rich – Your Way” is an inclusive, mass participation run event that The Richard Whitehead Foundation is introducing on 25th June 2022, as a means of raising awareness and funds to support their ambitions.
What’s Fair about Disability & Inclusion?
See two video shorts from Dr Mark Fosbrook and Richard Whitehead in fairness, disability and inclusion and what it means to them
Foundation Inspires School Children
Friday 10th December was a special day for The Richard Whitehead Foundation. We visited Byker Primary School with the aim of inspiring, educating and supporting their pupils and staff
New and Exciting Project Launch!
The Richard Whitehead Foundation is delighted to announce a charity sponsorship partnership with Nissan GB
We Are Seeking New Trustees
We are seeking new Trustees to help establish and develop the Richard Whitehead Foundation.
Richard Launches from Japan!
Wednesday 25th August sees Richard Whitehead talking about the launch of a new Foundation, aimed at engaging and supporting disabled people and their communities. The Richard Whitehead Foundation is aligned to Richards values, which have driven him to inspire a generation through sport and achievement with a disability. Click on the image to hear Richard talking from Japan about this fantastic launch, alongside the commencement of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.